Code of Alabama - Title 15: Criminal Procedure - Chapter 2 - Jurisdiction and Venue

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 15-2-1 All persons liable for offenses committed in Alabama; exception
  Every person, whether an inhabitant of the State of Alabama or of any other state or country, is liable to punishment by the laws of...
• Section 15-2-2 Venue - County where offense committed
  Unless otherwise provided by law, the venue of all public offenses is in the county in which the offense was committed.
• Section 15-2-3 Venue - Offense commenced in state and consummated elsewhere
  When the commission of an offense commenced in the State of Alabama is consummated without the boundaries of the state, the offender is liable to...
• Section 15-2-4 Venue - Offense commenced outside state and consummated within state
  When the commission of an offense commenced elsewhere is consummated within the boundaries of the State of Alabama, the offender is liable to punishment in...
• Section 15-2-5 Venue - Stolen property brought into state
  When property is stolen elsewhere and brought into the State of Alabama, venue is in any county into which the property is brought.
• Section 15-2-6 Venue - Offense committed in more than one county
  When an offense is committed partly in one county and partly in another or the acts or effects thereof constituting or requisite to the consummation...
• Section 15-2-7 Venue - Offense committed on or near county boundary
  When an offense is committed on the boundary of two or more counties or within a quarter of a mile thereof or when it is...
• Section 15-2-8 Venue - Forcible marriage, prostitution, detaining child, kidnapping, etc
  For the offenses specified in Sections 13-1-20, 13-1-21, 13-1-22 or 13-1-23, venue is in the county in which the offense was committed or in any...
• Section 15-2-9 Venue - Carrying stolen property into another county
  When property is stolen in one county and carried into another, venue is in either county.
• Article 2 Change of Venue.
• Section 15-2-20 Application; appeal from denial; when defendant's personal presence unnecessary
  (a) Any person charged with an indictable offense may have his trial removed to another county, on making application to the court, setting forth specifically...
• Section 15-2-21 Change on motion of trial judge
  On his own motion, a trial judge may, with the consent of the defendant, direct and order a change of venue as is authorized in...
• Section 15-2-22 Witnesses
  When an application for a change of venue is presented to the court, the judge shall have authority to, and may, direct the issue of...
• Section 15-2-23 Examination of prosecution witnesses on interrogatories upon change of venue in misdemeanor cases
  When the defendant is charged with a misdemeanor, upon granting a change of venue, the court may provide that witnesses for the prosecution may be...
• Section 15-2-24 Removal to nearest county; only one removal allowed
  When a change of venue is authorized, the trial must be removed to the nearest county free from exception, and it can be removed but
• Section 15-2-25 Duty of clerk of court to forward case materials
  When an order for the removal of a trial is made, the clerk of court must make out a transcript of all the entries, orders...
• Section 15-2-26 Trial on certified copy of indictment; correction of transcript mistakes and certification of omitted portion of record
  The defendant must be tried in the court to which the case is removed on the copy of the indictment certified pursuant to Section 15-2-25;...
• Section 15-2-27 Issuance of subpoenas for trial witnesses
  At any time before the delivery of the transcript to the clerk of the court to which the trial is removed, subpoenas for witnesses must...

Last modified: May 3, 2021